What to eat, drink and do in Matthews and Mint Hill

To know: Stumptown Park sits In the middle of downtown Matthews. Why Stumptown? That’s the nickname Matthews had back in the 1800s because of all the stumps left behind when the land was cleared for planting. You won’t find many stumps in the town’s thriving downtown now, though. Matthews and neighboring Mint Hill have grown tremendously in recent years, with about 60,000 people combined living in the two southeastern Mecklenburg County towns.